A NEW GENOMIC SPECIES IN BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI-SENSU-LATO ISOLATED FROM JAPANESE TICKS

Authors
POSTIC D BELFAIZA J ISOGAI E STGIRONS I GRIMONT PAD BARANTON G
Citation
D. Postic et al., A NEW GENOMIC SPECIES IN BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI-SENSU-LATO ISOLATED FROM JAPANESE TICKS, Research in microbiology, 144(6), 1993, pp. 467-473
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Research in microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09232508
Volume
144
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
467 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0923-2508(1993)144:6<467:ANGSIB>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Five Borrelia strains (Ika2, HO14, Cow611C, 0612 and F63B) isolated fr om Ixodes ovatus ticks in Japan were analysed by DNA-DNA hybridization experiments, ribotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and protein electrophoresis. DNA relatedness set these strains in a new genomic s pecies within the Borrelia burgdorferi complex; this species appears t o be restricted to Japan and could be non-pathogenic for humans. The r ibotype and pulsotype of strain Ika2 were atypical of the new genomic species.